02-22-2024, 10:57 AM
So many years ago Klaus taught me about lens qualities* from his website. And after a pauze of about 15 years I now picked up this hobby again. I am so happy to see that photozone was still up and running. And now my kids are self supporting and I can buy all those lenses I always wanted.
But then this new layout! This is so frustrating. I especially created an account to complain about this (did I became such a person?? I will need to compensate by providing some real input to this forum). And I am so lucky to not have to start a new thread.
What is so good about the old layout was the simplicity and features this simplicity gave you.
Within a second I can -interest Canon compatible lenses:
- see similar lenses (like the 24-70:F2.8 and F4.0 and different iterations are close to each other)
- find from the browsers search on one page all Canon compatible lenses with feature (like search all 35mm, 24-70mm lenses over different brands).
- And maybe I search a 35mm lens, but the 40mm I didn't knew existed is next to this 35mm.
Maybe the most annoying thing is that the order of lenses feels random (I guess it is based on review date) and that not all lenses are loaded onto the page at once (I guess to reduce bandwith consumption). At the same time the table view is difficult for me to get an overview into my brain.
So my improvement propositions.
- List all lenses again alphabetically below each other and drop the table view.
- List all lenses 'at once' (and I don't care about the pictures of the lenses).
- Don't put the name of the lenses on the pictures (somehow very hard to read).
I did try the search function. But it is just not smart enough. I once tried to reduce my browsers windows size to force the raster to display all lenses below each other. But my browser made the images of the lenses even bigger and the view was useless.
On the old site the overview page of all lenses is also a go to just to get inspiration on what exists. The sorting and simple view helps me here. I now check 'other websites' to see what lenses exist in Canon RF range and then come back to Optical limits to see if there is a review. And I will only buy if there was a review here ;-).
But anyway: even after so many years the reviews here are super and spot on: thanks a lot for all these efforts!
Walter
*and I had to forget about quality again to have fun when shooting ;-).
But then this new layout! This is so frustrating. I especially created an account to complain about this (did I became such a person?? I will need to compensate by providing some real input to this forum). And I am so lucky to not have to start a new thread.
What is so good about the old layout was the simplicity and features this simplicity gave you.
Within a second I can -interest Canon compatible lenses:
- see similar lenses (like the 24-70:F2.8 and F4.0 and different iterations are close to each other)
- find from the browsers search on one page all Canon compatible lenses with feature (like search all 35mm, 24-70mm lenses over different brands).
- And maybe I search a 35mm lens, but the 40mm I didn't knew existed is next to this 35mm.
Maybe the most annoying thing is that the order of lenses feels random (I guess it is based on review date) and that not all lenses are loaded onto the page at once (I guess to reduce bandwith consumption). At the same time the table view is difficult for me to get an overview into my brain.
So my improvement propositions.
- List all lenses again alphabetically below each other and drop the table view.
- List all lenses 'at once' (and I don't care about the pictures of the lenses).
- Don't put the name of the lenses on the pictures (somehow very hard to read).
I did try the search function. But it is just not smart enough. I once tried to reduce my browsers windows size to force the raster to display all lenses below each other. But my browser made the images of the lenses even bigger and the view was useless.
On the old site the overview page of all lenses is also a go to just to get inspiration on what exists. The sorting and simple view helps me here. I now check 'other websites' to see what lenses exist in Canon RF range and then come back to Optical limits to see if there is a review. And I will only buy if there was a review here ;-).
But anyway: even after so many years the reviews here are super and spot on: thanks a lot for all these efforts!
Walter
*and I had to forget about quality again to have fun when shooting ;-).